Hi Martin-- On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 08:36, Martin Vogt wrote:> > I like to use the lustre filesystem from windows client machines. > Is there a working lustre client implementation for windows?No, not yet.> I read in the docs, that it is planned to port liblustre > to windows and replace libstdio (and re-link the application) > > Is this already working, are there some experiences with this?There were some early experiments, but it was a large effort to get working in a prototype form, and it has not been maintained.> Currently I think, the only way to access lustre from windows > is to use samba, is that correct?That is correct -- it actually works pretty well. -Phil
Ananda Bhattacharya wrote:> > Just a question you guys have a sucessful ppc port of lustre?Yes, Lustre 1.4.x will run on Linux on PowerPC. > Also my> question is as I add more and more nodes; OSTs I mean the storage of the > system goes up right? And I obviously need to update the MDS right. Also > Must every node be entered into the config file and depding on what you > want you can either make it a OST, MDS or client?All OSS and MDS nodes must be in the configuration file; you do not need to specify each client node separately. > So if I were to have> lets say 20 clent nodes then I would have to enter those client node IP > addreses into the config.xml ? I thought once you set up the MDS and > OST all you need to do is add the clients by doing a > > mount -t lustet server:/disk/ > > can this be done if the serves are not in the config.xmlYou want something like: lmc -m config.xml --add net --node client --nid ''*'' --netttype tcp lmc -m config.xml --add mtpt --node client --path /anything --mds mds1 \ --lov lov1 Then you could mount with something like "mount -t lustre mds_hostname:/mds1/client /mnt/lustre"> Also What should the size of the MDS be in relattive to the OST ? If I > have lets''s say 2 500GB OST''s with a lov, what should be the size of the > MDS ? Is it 500GB because from what I see in the examples it seems that > the MDS is half of the OST ?The size of the metadata server storage does not really relate to the number or size of your object servers, except that more object servers per file will make for slightly larger striping attributes. The more files and directories that you plan to have, the larger your metadata server should be. If you plan for each file to occupy approximately 4k on the metadata server, you will have plenty of room. If you want to have enough space for 100 million files, then 100M * 4k == 400 GB. Hope that helps-- -Phil
Hello clusterfs, I like to use the lustre filesystem from windows client machines. Is there a working lustre client implementation for windows? I read in the docs, that it is planned to port liblustre to windows and replace libstdio (and re-link the application) Is this already working, are there some experiences with this? Currently I think, the only way to access lustre from windows is to use samba, is that correct? regards, Martin